Suspect In 2022 July Fourth Shooting Rejects Deal To Plead Guilty

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb rejected a deal requiring him to plead guilty to seven charges of murder Wednesday in a stunning courtroom scene just days before the second anniversary of the attack.Appearing in a Lake County courtroom, Robert E. Crimo III, 23, refused to accept the agreement that prosecutors said would mean a life sentence for him in the Highland Park shooting.Prosecutor Ben Dillon told Judge Victoria Rossetti that attorneys had discussed an agreement requiring…